{"data":{"id":"us-mt/19-18-607","jurisdiction":"us-mt","citation":"19-18-607","heading":"Payment of death benefits in absence of spouse or child.","body":"If a firefighter dies without leaving a surviving spouse or child, the association shall compute the total contributions made to the fund by the deceased member, and if the deceased member designated a beneficiary in writing to the association, the association shall issue a warrant for the amount of the total contributions payable to that beneficiary. If the deceased member did not nominate a beneficiary, the contributions must be paid to the member's estate.","path":["TITLE 19. PUBLIC RETIREMENT SYSTEMS","CHAPTER 18. FIREFIGHTERS' RETIREMENT","Part 6. Benefits"],"source_url":"https://mca.legmt.gov/bills/mca/title_0190/chapter_0180/part_0060/section_0070/0190-0180-0060-0070.html","current_through":"Montana Code Annotated 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T04:49:06Z","sha256":"de593f1b7981b90e52731fcbdb3a7c7dcc033cc96030dae40308c0fe4409e3ce","source_id":"us-mt","stale":false,"prev":"us-mt/19-18-606","next":"us-mt/19-18-608"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}